Ghosts in the Machine - The Therac-25 Affair
Sean Satterlee examines the case of Therac-25, a computer-controlled radiation therapy machine that delivered massive, lethal overdoses to at least six patients in the mid-1980s due to software flaws, poor safety design, and inadequate testing.
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